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Presidential Cabinet - COMUN XXV

Presidential Cabinet

The G20 (Group of 20) is an international forum created in December 1999 in response to a host of
critical global economic issues - namely, the depreciation of key global currencies, economic recessions
in the Asian Tiger economies and burgeoning unemployment. The COMUN G20 Summit finds itself in a similar
context where the prosperity of an increasingly globalized world economy is at stake. Hence, delegates
and representatives of the G20 take on the burden of drafting a Joint Declaration to address the
pressing economic issues at hand.

G20 representatives are expected to place a greater emphasis on skills like diplomacy and negotiation
than in most other committees. This is because G20 procedure includes the drafting of contracts and
agreements which are done outside formal session. In addition, delegates are expected to demonstrate a
breadth of knowledge that isn't restricted to purely economics. The mandate of the G20 is such that
representatives have the freedom to take debate into the realms of international law, social issues and
security, to name a few. Hence, the head table has intentionally made the topics broad to allow for
discussion outside the scope of most specialized economics committees.